THE MAQBOOZA KASHMIR AKA
INTERNATIONALLY DISPUTED AREAS OF JAMMU KASHMIR AND ITS INHABITANTS ARE LEGALLY
A PART OF PAKISTAN RESPECTIVELY: HABIB YOUSAFZAI, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KASHMIR
DIASPORA ALLIANCE
ASSALAM-O-ALAIKUM!
AS CLAIMED BY GULZAR
SUDOZAI IN THE PARAGRAPH POSTED BELOW, THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS AZAD JAMMU KASHMIR
WAS NEVER A PART OF THE KASHMIR STATE IN THEIR ENTIRE HISTORY.
We are all chained. We
get conceived in the wombs of mothers. After getting free
from that castle, we still remain chained to mother, father, brothers, sisters,
uncles and grandparents, our environment, society, school. Then we are taught a
faith, which gets so ingrained that we get chained to it for whole life. The
country of our birth, the life partner we choose, the children we have all keep
us chained. Then we have some illusions and we get chained to these illusions.
Jammu and Kashmir is one such illusion that some of us have created in our
imaginations. The present areas known as Jammu and Kashmir came into being in
1846, when the British East India Company, which was then known as British
Indian Empire, though the Mughal Emperor still ruled from Delhi, had first
created Sikh Empire in 1809, and then at the demise of this empire sold these areas
to one of their spies and agent Gulab Singh. The British had no legal or moral
authority to sell these areas. The areas now known as Ajk were never part of
Kashmir state in their entire history. These areas were part of greater India
or Iran or Kabul Empire. From 1586 onwards these areas including Kashmir valley
were part of Mughal Empire. The Muslims of whole of then J and K state which
was in fact part of British Empire, as there were other 561 states, rose at the
call of rest of Muslim India and overwhelmingly displayed their desire to join
Pakistan as predominant Muslim area to join Pakistan. In fact the Muslims of
these areas had never accepted Dogra rule and had been struggling to throw away
this yoke. So when the Muslims of India decided to carve out a Muslim state
known as Pakistan, the Muslims of Kashmir also decided to join Pakistan. On 19
July 1947 the Muslim conference decided to join Pakistan by a landmark decision
under the leadership of Sardar Ibrahim in Srinagar. The people of Ajk rose against
Dogras when the Dogra ruler hesitated to decide in favour of Pakistan and the
rest is history. Jammu and Kashmir as per United Nations resolutions has ether
to be part of Pakistan or India. We the people of Ajk are lucky that we are
free and we joined Pakistan at the right moment. We are culturally, and
religiously part of contiguous areas of Pakistan. The language, dialect and
traditions prevalent in our adjacent areas of Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Gujrat are
same. Most of our people have shifted to these areas and have inter marriages.
Our properties are here in Pakistan. More than half of Islamabad is owned by
people of Ajk. So my brother those of you who are enjoying lives in Europe
should avoid creating problems for us. We are loyal to Pakistan and are very
happy in- and with Pakistan. And as you people are now European nationals you
should be loyal to that government. I will request you people to not to play in
Indian hands and please avoid creating problems for us here in Azad Kashmir as
we do not want to turn AJK into FATA or Baluchistan.
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